EXAM 1 REVIEW (Unit 1) Flashcards
Form follows ____________
function
1.What is the principle organ for the nervous system?
2.What is the function of the nervous system?
- Brain
- Communication, coordination, motor control
What is the principle organ for the integumentary system?
What is the function?
- Skin
- Protection, water retention, thermoregulation, Vitamin D synthesis
What is the principle organ for the skeletal system?
What is the function?
- Bones
- Support, movement, blood formation
What is the principle organ for the muscular system?
What is the function?
- Muscles
- Movement, stability, heat production, control of body openings
What is the principle organ for the lymphatic system?
What is the function?
- Lymphatic Vessels
- Recovery of excess tissue fluid, detection of Pathogens, production of immune cells, defense against disease
What is the principle organ for the respiratory system?
What is the function?
- Lungs
- Oxygen in, carbon dioxide out, acid-base balance, speech
What is the principle organ for the urinary system?
What is the function?
- Kidneys
2.Elimination of waste, regulation of blood, stimulation of red blood cell formation
What is the principle organ for the endocrine system?
What is the function?
- Hypothalamus
2.Hormone production, internal chemical communication and cordination
What is the principle organ for the circulatory system?
What is the function?
- Heart
- Distribution of nutrients, oxygen, wastes, hormones, immune cells and antibodies, electrolytes
What is the principle organ for the digestive system?
What is the function?
- Small intestine
- Nutrient breakdown and absorption, liver functions include metabolism of carbs, lipids and proteins, cleansing of blood
What is the principle organ for the reproductive system?
What is the function?
- Uterus
- Production of eggs, site of fertilization
- Does anatomical variation mean abnormality?
- No
Do all anatomical variations produce symptoms?
- No
What is situs inversus?
when your organs are positioned in a “mirror image” of normal human anatomy
What is situs perversus?
One organ twisting (as in dextrocardia)
What are the characteristics of life?
-Organization
-Cellular Composition
-Metabolism
-Responsiveness
-Movement
-Growth
-Differentiation
-Reproduction
-Excretion
Metabolism =
Catabolism, anabolism
Disease =
Homeostatic Imbalance
Don’t treat the disease, treat the__________
Patient
What does “diagnosis” stand for?
Two guesses
Medical history is ___% of diagnosis?
90%
Physical exams and tests ALWAYS or NEVER make diagnosis?
NEVER, they support them
Pharmacology- Pharmakon =
poison
Poisons and medicines are oftentimes the same substance given with different intents? T or F
True
What medical imaging uses X-rays to examine dense tissue? (bone, teeth, tumors)
Radiography
What medical imaging uses ultrasound waves for fluid imaging?
Sonography
What is anterior?
Front
What is the posterior?
Back
What is superior?
Above
What is inferior?
below
What is medial?
Toward the middle
What is lateral?
Away from the middle
What is proximal?
closest to the trunk
What is distal?
Farthest from the trunk
What is ipsilateral?
Same side
What is bilateral?
Both sides
What is contralateral?
Opposite sides
Superior/Posterior, Anterior/Inferior, and Medial/lateral are all terms used when describing________
body parts relating to Anatomical position
Proximal/Distal, Ipsilateral, Bilateral, and Contralateral are all terms used when describing______
your arms and your legs (your extremities)
- What does the sagittal plane do?
- What view does it give you?
1.divides body into right and left halves
2. Lateral view
- What does a coronal plane do?
- What view does it give you?
- Divides the body into front and back positions
- Anterior to posterior view
- What does the transverse plane do?
- What view does it give you?
- Divides the body into upper and lower portions
- Gives you a birds eye view
- What does the oblique plane do?
- What view does it show?
- Divides the body at an angle between the sagittal and coronal planes
- Oblique View
What are the major body cavities?
Your Dorsal and Ventral body cavity.
The ventral also includes the abdominopelvic cavity
What is included in your dorsal body cavity?
Brain and Spinal cord
What is included in your ventral body cavity?
Lungs, heart, thymus gland.
(abdominopelvic cavity)liver, gall bladder, intestines, and sex organs
the presentation of a body structure that has deviations from the majority of individuals
anatomical variation
